SJW Fashion Police Brutality

Campus police at San Francisco State University have launched an investigation into a viral video that shows a female student confronting a male student on campus about his dreadlocks.

Campus officials confirmed to KRON 4 News that the video took place on campus Monday afternoon and that both individuals are students, but neither are employed by the school.

The 46-second video shows an African-American student confronting a white student on campus about his dreadlocks.

She tells him in the video that he is appropriating her culture and when he tries to walk away she obstructs his path.

“Yo, stop touching me right now,” the man says he tries to walk up the stairs. She then grabs his arm to keep him from leaving.

Where would the world be without Bonita Tindle bravely taking a stand against … hair? I ask you. Had that underfed-looking white dude chalked “Trump 2016” in that stairwell, the campus would have had to go into lockdown.

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If this is “brutality” to you… I’d hate to see what you think of Trump supporters pepper spraying a protester..

That must be then an “atrocity.”

Learning is not impossible at any of these universities–although it may be harder. Just like sexism and racism make it harder for students.. (Take a look at the recent spate of anti-semitic and racist graffiti going on at my school–UW-Madison… I wonder if that makes it harder to learn…)

[NFR: Er, wow. You don’t get the joke in “fashion police brutality.” Some people. — RD]

I will add that I had my first encounter with the mindset of the SJWs that you rail about here–with a younger FB friend who posted some meme about how we should “never pass judgements” on people in a list of otherwise decent values to keep in mind.

I responded to her that the other ideals seemed good–but that one was deeply problematic.

She asked why–and I explained that making judgements is part of who we are and when we see evil, it’s not a big deal to judge that behavior and the person doing it.

She came back with some idea of “well, it’s better to think of all people as decent and that while they may be making bad decisions, it’s not good to label the person.”

I responded to that and asked her what she thought about Trump?

I also asked her about the labels “Racist” and “Sexist”–and whether someone like Ted Phelps and crew were just good people making bad decisions.

I haven’t heard back from her on these issues.

My point of this is that if you actually stand up to a SJW and provide any kind of thoughtful argument, they will back the F$%K down–because they have really, really crappy arguments. The same thing happens when I confront trump supporters about their beliefs… (they tend to be A LOT more violent and hateful though. SJW’s just threaten to say you’re a racist on FB–Trump supporters tend to say that they’ll kill you or beat the crap out of you..)

Teach your kids to have thicker skins and to know what they believe, and the SJW’s won’t be a problem.

And stop proclaiming the continual threat of SJW dominance falling from the skies. It just makes you sound hysterical rather than being confident in your beliefs.

If they are trolling social conservatives, they are putting an awful lot of effort into it, here’s an interview with Goldstein. The incident is actually worse, as apparently Ms. Tindle followed him down a couple of flights of stairs as he tried to avoid her.

“But why won’t the white working class votes for us? They must all be ignorant racists who deserve their economic problems!”

The Democrats are giving these types of “minority” race warriors tacit support. This kind of tactic is certainly not designed to promote racial equality or harmony. Rather, it seems to be designed to spark a reaction from white people. The Left (and their Democratic fellow travelers) are playing with fire.

[NFR: With you on the man-buns. I had no interest in cracking on college kids, having been one myself, and one given to drunkenness and mayhem and all kinds of stupid things. Notice that I don’t keep a log of college kids being stupid drunks. What I do care about is the culture-war militancy the Left is manifesting on campuses, and the real-world effects they are having on the way colleges are run. That matters. Maybe doesn’t matter to you. Maybe you can’t see yourself as the sort of student who would be harmed by these militants and the craven college administrators who kowtow to them. But I can. And so can professors, even old-fashioned liberals like Jon Haidt. One of these days, they’ll turn on people like you, and then where will you hide? — RD]

The phrase “culture war militancy” serves to disconnect the reaction to a case from the facts, which in most cases vary quite widely. To understand the problem, look at it in a different context: say, drug war militancy. Drug war militancy in very different cases can look the same: raids by police officers wearing extravagant body armour, prosecutors threatening decades in prison, and slaughtered pets. But it matters whether the “militant” response concerns a meta-amphetamine dealer suspected of murder or a recreational marijuana user. The facts of the case matter.

In the context of any social and political issue, the word “militant” or “militancy” should not shut down discussion. Student “militancy” may have led to the dismissal of the president of the Missouri State University system, but it should make a difference that published reports suggest the former university president had no idea what issues the students in his institution faced and no real interest in learning. In this case, minor incidents of shoving have gone on for centuries: only the advent of cell-phone recording has made them into published events. Whatever the merits of this case, the participants deserve to have it dealt with based on the facts at issue, not one anyone’s concerns over the “militancy” of so-called “social justice warriors”.

Also, while I believe everyone should be allowed to wear whatever hairstyle they want, it’s apples and oranges comparing white folks with dreads to black women with weaves. Afro-textured hair is considered the least attractive hair on earth by most people. Black women have been fired from their jobs for wearing natural hairstyles like braids, Afros, dreadlocks. Google it. So straightening hair and wearing weaves can actually be seen as a means of assimilation/survival tactic, akin to neutralizing an ethnic accent. Context, people.

And: the History channel TV show Vikings, which is reportedly very accurate in terms of its portrayal of the customs/fashions of that era, has some great examples of ‘white people’ braids in both men and women. Including some nice man-buns and Mohawks.

“If this is “brutality” to you… I’d hate to see what you think of Trump supporters pepper spraying a protester..”

I knew this would come up, and in fact the incidents have much in common. The Lefty is agressive, in your face, and then cusses at and physically assults (in the Trump case) or physically obstructs and hinders (in Mr. Dreadlocks case) their chosen ‘evil-doer’. And when the ‘evil doer’ responds (Dreadlocks pushes away with a forearm to free himself) or a proxy responds (another Trump supporter pepper sprays a young woman who has just punched an old man), the Lefty goes into victim mode (the ‘don’t put your hands on me’ schtick, the BS story the young woman told the cops and media, who stenographed it and sent it out ot the world). The Lefties have a huge advantage, in the they have not only their own well funded outless (‘thinkRegress’) but the MSM on their side. Lies, around the world, etc.

“Take a look at the recent spate of anti-semitic and racist graffiti going on at my school–UW-Madison… I wonder if that makes it harder to learn…”

You might want to wait awhile on that…seems like 9 times out of 10 here lately, its a member of the ‘victim group’ itself who does these things. Here’s a recent example.

“My point of this is that if you actually stand up to a SJW and provide any kind of thoughtful argument, they will back the F$%K down–because they have really, really crappy arguments.”

I don’t see Bonita Tindle backing down despite Mr. Dread’s arguments here. Nor do I see Goldstein having an especially thin skin. It doesn’t appear that he went to the administration, he just wanted to get on with his day and life. The admin got involved after the video surfaced.

Mr. Goldstein should have done a better job observing and understanding the norms and rites of the community around him, so as to better comport himself in accord with the duties and expectations of his role and station. The nail that sticks out will be hammered. Ms. Tindle’s actions seem to be the basic reproof and shaming (classed by some as ijime) of those who fail to conform to social rites (and thus disturb the wa), the proper responses to which are to either reflect on the reasons one is receiving such reproof, and correcting one’s behavior accordingly, or if unable to adapt to the group, to withdraw from it, so as to cease disturbing it with the disharmony one brings.

Mr. Goldstein should have done a better job observing and understanding the norms and rites of the community around him, so as to better comport himself in accord with the duties and expectations of his role and station. The nail that sticks out will be hammered. Ms. Tindle’s actions seem to be the basic reproof and shaming (classed by some as ijime) of those who fail to conform to social rites (and thus disturb the wa), the proper responses to which are to either reflect on the reasons one is receiving such reproof, and correcting one’s behavior accordingly, or if unable to adapt to the group, to withdraw from it, so as to cease disturbing it with the disharmony one brings.

Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever? George Wallace didn’t have to get all highfalutin with his speech to say what you’re saying.

That is quite plainly not what I said. Clearly there are white students at this college who aren’t getting chastized for “cultural appropriation.” What I said was that Mr. Goldstein should have acted (and styled his hair) more like them, so as to fit in and avoid this chastizement. And if he is incapable of doing so, then he is a poor fit for the culture of this school, and should perhaps be attending elsewhere, where he will be a less disruptive presence. Mr. Goldstein is failing in his fundamental human duty to conform to the social group when out among them. The wamust always be maintained.

“What I’ve read in the local press is that a dirty old man at a Trump rally groped a young lady, who punched him, and he pepper sprayed here and another woman nearby.
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Then what you read in the local press is unequivocally wrong on at least two points. The ‘dirty old man’ clearly did not pepper spray her, a third party did. And no other person was sprayed.

Whether she was ‘groped’ remains questionable — apparently young women in crowds today think they have a forcefield around them that makes them untouchable (see Michelle Fields) whereas males (today) or females (10 years ago) understood that wading into a crowd meant getting accidentally touched.

We also see her punch the old dude — albeit in a dare I say — girly way.

“Warriors” for “Social Justice” at their finest. There’s always that 1%.

In Ken’ichi’s words, these precious snowflakes refusing to get with “the wa”, being actively-sticking-out-nails as ostentatiously as possible, are going to find themselves hammered down quite hard if they do not learn to comport themselves in good faith with coherent arguments.

She’s a bully, picking on a little guy she knows can’t defend himself unless he wants to be considered in the wrong. That’s why she’s smiling. She likes being a bully. It’s fun.

Exactly. Look at the smile on the face of the noxious BLM protestor giving the finger to people in the library at one university (I forget which that was). Or look at the beaming smiles on the women (which included one trans “woman,” I think) who took Bernie Sanders’ mic.

In regard to people claiming these incidents are trivial, I work on a college campus (as staff), so the issues covered in blog posts like these are of particular interest to me. I also don’t think the issues are isolated to academia alone.